César Fernando Más Sánchez

César Fernando Más Sánchez is a Predoctoral Researcher at the Department of English Philology, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Alicante. His academic work focuses on gender perspectives in fairy-tale retellings, particularly the representation of the 'wicked woman' archetype in literature and media.

• BA in English Studies (University of Alicante, 2019)
• MA in Literary Studies (University of Alicante, 2020)

His research explores:

• The moralistic punishment of female villains in traditional fairy tales
• The vilification of women's power and liberation through narrative
• Intertextual relationships between L. Frank Baum's Oz universe and Gregory Maguire's modern reinterpretations
• 21st-century film adaptations of fairy tales
• Witch archetypes in Western cultural production
• Disney's influence on fairy-tale discourse

He collaborates with the research group Transhistorical Anglophone Literary Studies (THALIS) and works within frameworks that combine literary theory, cultural critique, and feminist analysis.